Power Distribution Sector – Complexities
• Distribution Sector considered as the weakest link in the entire power
sector
• Involves dealing with retail consumers with varied expectation and at
the same time different paying capacity
• Involves Huge network and requires network management of vast area
• Theft, pilferages, network losses are maximum in this segment
• Distribution is often seen as a social obligation of Government toward
society rather than a commercial activity
• Subsidised and often unmetered power adds to Distribution Utilities
woes in terms of technical losses, billing, recovery and consumption
habits

Key Issues …….Contd.
• Since the metering, billing, and collection at many places
involves human intervention most of the times human error,
intentional or non intentional can occur
• Lack of infrastructure in many developing countries for
database management system and at the same time absence
of any data mining system
• Lack of employee ownership
• Internal Resistance to change